The Hawaiian gazette., 1887-10-25
The Marshal.

neither press nor poliee may not prove unap-
propriate nor an encroachment on your val
liable space.
Never having been invited to a conference
in the editorial rooms OF a Honolulu news
pa& r, II is impossible for the writer 10 say
wESt particular influence or argument was
brought to bear TO cause the publication of
the editorials 20 which the readers of the
zdrsytiser and Bulletin have been treated for
the past few DAYS. Therefore l am compelled
to take the gist of those articles as they APP
pear 10 casual reader TO be in support of
the retention in office Of the present Marshall
for few transparent and i'll defined reasons
which | shall endeavor to classify as they
unfold themselves to my humble understand
ing:
lst That the Office Of Marshal of the King
dom comes within the pale of an imaginary
civil service act.
ID. That he has performed his duties ably
- we'll. and has raised police efficiency to
ThiCher standard than formerly
Sd That the Marshal, although nominally
under the supervision Of the Attorney. Gen
eral. is directly and personally responsible
for the management of his department.
Now, Mr.. Editor, let US see what solidity
there Is in these arguments, and for the sake
of simplicity we will discuss them seriatim
In the United States and other countries
where civil service acts are in force. promo
tons and appointments are regulated by
seniority, character and general probity
tested and defined by completely systema-
tised examination. and ii would take a man
of John l.. haulukou's standard period of
perhaps twenty years to attain to the posi-
son of head clerk in department cores
'ponding to that of which he now claims the
control Has he obtained his commission
thus?sFfIad he, by years of patient and dill
gent attention 10 his duties, worked his way
step by step until at last his efforts were re-
warded by a commission far in excess of his
deserts, then there would be some reason on
waebh he could base his claim to Office, but
It is not so, and 1t is absurd to accord him
the same consideration which belongs by
right TO a man IN the above circumstances
Why Mr.. Editor, the woods are chock full of
people who know exactly how he did manage
to get there, who will tell you how he was
elected member of the late Legislature, and
of the valuable assistance he was able to give
to the defunct Ministries of the past sessions.
That Legislature and its office grabbing ex-
PLOTS need not be referred to here, except in
connection with J. /. Kaulukou. The the?,
Premier, our late lamented Mr.. Gibson, rec
ognized the fact that fat plum ought 10 be
given te the IntrOducer and engineer of the
Army and Navy Act Loan Act, Supreme
Court Act, etc. etc, was sorely troubled in
his pastoral mind as to which of the numer
Gus soft things then in the Ministerial Gift
could be gratefully rendered to the mover of
the previous question, and ended the diff
Guilty in decisive manner by placing the
choice at ]. i. Kaulukou's disposal, and
the result beggars description, for the coun-
try beheld the curious sight of a would be
official sampling as it we're the public offices
of She Kingdom, TO discover by personal in
spNdon which particular Office best suited
his tastes and ability. | refer your readers
to the press of that time to discover what
fat failure he proved himself both as P NJ.
q. and AttOrney-General, and he had sense
enough to see ii. As Marshal of the King
dom, he concluded he would stay, and it was
confirmed to him, Row he claims in perpe
tuity. All of which goes to show that he
received his commission as a reward for poll
tical services and not in the line of promo
ton, and the Office being political induce
UIeaf, at that time, he acceptedit as such and
shoUla meet his fate like a man and not
doda2 the issue as. he is trying 10 do now.
Ihet Taxpayers having discarded his politics
should be relieved of the mans support The
Ministers should see to this. They should |
have done so on their accession, bnt be'ter |
late than never. Let them commence now, |
stand on no ceremony, and by the time the /
Legislature cOnvenes let them be able to /
S-J0rt to the representatives of the people /
that in their several departments not /
siR1e branch of the former rotten parent
ste1 of corruption remains on the public /
service
A surprise to properly come within the
full meaning of the word, must not only con
tain something unexpected but must come
from an unexpected source, and the infOrma-
ton that the Z. G. 4. gives the public, that
the Marshal has filed the position ably and
well, is certainly great surprise to many
of them. How the Marshal's ability at this
late date has been discovered is a mystery.
If bis ability we're tested by his desire to
compel every member of the force TO obse-
quiousy salute as he passes by, then indeed |
IS he chock full of ability. On the other
hand, If we measure his inability by his fail
ures to compel the observance of the laws
and present the result in avoirdupois, 1t
would load an inter-island schooner In
command of the entire police machinery of
the Kingdom his record is one long list OF
f.hures. If Chinaman be reported as sell
ins opium and evading the law, j. l.. Kaulu-
koU knows no other way than to send spy
to purchase, or say he purchased. Some
body else is reported as selling liquor
without permission from the Marshal,
and similarly a job Is concocted TO
almost coax the supposed offender into the
commission of crime. And even then, Mr..
Editor under conditions (Of my own knowl-
edge existing) similar to those which gave
rise to the celebrated phrase about going TO
law in a certain place of a high temperature
with the ruler thereof as judge, and sup
ported bv paid witnesses educated to con-
slider a conviction, as the sine QHd non of
their official existence, he sometimes fails to
secure conviction and off the appealed
cases In nearly every instance Is the Judg-
ment of conviction reversed by the jury, and
this Is not owing TO the construction OF the
law but is due entirely to the good sense of
an intelligent jury md impartial Judges,
/ who da not consider themselves sworn to
supp9fN such an Internal system as inducing
a man to commit a crime in order to secure
me fine resulting from his conviction, and
who invariably discern a concocted case.
As to the present efficiency of the police
force, 1t should more properly be termed an
, inefficient police farce 1t is only parody
/ on police work. Anybody acquainted with
the working of police department in this
N nineteenth century will tell you that the
bpresent police force owes what little utility
1t possesses to the non criminal disposition
of our inhabitants, both foreign and domes-
tic and not to its own intrinsic merit.
As to the third reason urged in behalf of j.
L. Kaulukou, it has been so ably sat upon by
the GAZETTE that it needs no further atten-
ton from the writer, and as no argument
beyond the mere statement has been offered
/. in It's support. we will consider that 1t has
beeas.bandoned. Hoping that the sincerity
of ~ writer may excuse the length of the